BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TrackNet,
Inc., a cutting-edge LoRaWAN™ Internet of Things (IoT) solutions
provider of smart connectivity for IoT and Low-Power Wide-Area Networks
(LPWAN), today announces that it will open source the firmware updates
over-the-air (FUOTA) portion of its end-device LoRaWAN stack to the
LoRaWAN ecosystem. The initiative is undertaken per the LoRaWAN standard
and in conjunction with the LoRa Alliance technical committee. Firmware
updates over-the-air are critical for ensuring return-on-investment
(ROI) in IoT deployments. If a sensor needs to be tuned, reconfigured,
or serviced by humans even just once after it has been deployed, all ROI
is lost for most applications.

TrackNet is open sourcing the FUOTA portion of its end-device LoRaWAN
stack which thereby enables sensor manufacturers to integrate the
capability of large-scale FUOTA in LoRaWAN networks into their devices.
The LoRa Alliance technical committee is standardizing how FUOTA will be
done so sensors can connect into any LoRaWAN network with the option of
FUOTA. “We are excited to see TrackNet support the ecosystem by
providing the components needed to enable FUOTA across all LoRaWAN
networks,” says Nicolas Sornin, inventor of LoRa and Co-Chairman of the
LoRa Alliance Technical Committee. “The TrackNet team has been
instrumental in the definition of LoRaWAN from its infancy and continues
with technical leadership in the market.”

TrackNet already has demonstrated the largest scale FUOTA to date by
updating over 3,500 asset tracking devices at a single commercial
deployment site more than twenty times. TrackNet further has already
integrated all the capabilities for FUOTA into TrackCentral, its core
network server, per the definition by the LoRa Alliance.

The FUOTA implementation uses compression, true delta encoding, forward
error recovery, and cryptography with digital signatures so that
arbitrary large payloads can be delivered efficiently over the network
with minimum impact on normal operation.

TrackNet provides highly scalable LoRaWAN IoT solutions for consumers
and industry, focusing on ease of use and unparalleled scalability to
enable a new era of exponentially growing LPWAN deployments for a
sustainable world. TrackNet is developing end-to-end solutions including
sensors, gateways, and apps with optimized user experience for targeted
LPWAN and IoT applications. The company is a contributing member of the
LoRa Alliance and the TrackNet team has been instrumental in specifying,
building, and establishing LoRaWAN and the LoRa Alliance for more than
five years. It has been brought to life by former Semtech and IBM
employees with cumulated decades of real-world experience in embedded
and RF systems, wireless networks, network management, end-to-end
security, and solutions development for the whole spectrum from
small-scale private networks to carrier-grade deployments. TrackNet has
offices in Switzerland and California, USA and is looking to build a
talented, passionate team to realize IoT and LPWAN applications. More
information is at www.tracknet.io.